Adolescent Stress and Emotion Lab (Doane)

Leah Doane, Ph.D.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Leah Doane is a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology. She is also currently head of the Developmental Area in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Doane received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Cornell University and her Masters and Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. She also completed a postdoctoral appointment at University of Chicago in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Dr. Doane investigates the physiological mechanisms underlying developmental psychopathology and every day stressful experiences in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. She has training in human development and developmental psychophysiology with expertise in collecting, measuring and modeling physiological markers of stress in both lab and naturalistic settings including measures of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activity and objective sleep.

Through numerous collaborations, Dr. Doane also incorporates culturally- and genetically-informed designs for studying daily associations among socio-emotional experiences, physiology and sleep in the prediction of subsequent health and academic achievement. Further, her newest program of research focuses on these processes in Latino youth and families. Dr. Doane is currently a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar and is funded by the foundation, as well as the Helios Education Foundation, for her work examining cultural influences on the Latino transition to college. She is also supported by the National Institutes for Health (NICHD) for a study examining the social and genetic contributions to children’s sleep, health and academic success. Finally, she currently serves as co-PI on an Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) grant on cultural identities.

leah.doane@asu.edu

Dr. Doane's CV

2021

• The ASAE Lab will be at SRCD!

  • Breitenstein, R. S., Doane, L. D., Davis, M., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). Household Chaos Moderates Links Between Sleep and Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Middle Childhood. In Sleep and Behavioral Adjustment in Early and Middle Childhood (Chair: Staples, A. D.). Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Gusman, M., & Doane, L. D. (2021). Latinx Adolescents’ Ethnic Racial Identity: A Resource Against Effects of Childhood Adversity on Internalizing Symptoms. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Gusman, M., Safa, D. M., & Doane, L. D. (2021). Bicultural Competence, Mental Health, and Substance Use Across Youth Adaptation from High School to College. In Youth Development in a Multicultural World: Antecedents and Consequents of Biculturalism (Chair: Safa, D. M.). Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Lecarie, E., Doane, L. D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). The Onset of Pubertal Development and Objective Sleep: Multigroup Racial/Ethnic and Gender Effects. In Sleep Across the Lifecourse. Flash talk presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Lemery-Chalfant, K., Sokol, K. R., Oro, V., Lecarie, E., Rea-Sandin, G., & Doane, L. D. (2021). Children’s Diurnal Cortisol: Heritability and Relations with Peer Relationships. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Miadich, S., Davis, M., Doane, L. D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). The Impact of Caregivers’ Past Smoking Behaviors on the Heritability of Children’s Lung Function. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Ruof, A., Valiente, C., Doane, L. D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). Children’s Sleep is Associated with Teacher Reports of Students' Behavioral and Emotional School Engagement. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Sasser, J., Lecarie, E. K., Park, H., & Doane, L. D. (2021). Spending Time with Family Predicts Sleep in Latinx Adolescents: Variation by Family Values and Dynamics. In Sleep in Adolescence: The Importance of Family and School Contexts (Chair: Sasser, J.). Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Walter, D. A., Howard, C., Hawkins, J., Kim, C., Milner, M., Doane, L. D.M & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). Associations Between Children’s Sleep and Externalizing Behavior: The Moderating Role of Executive Functioning. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

  • Weldon, H. B., Gusman, M., Doane, L. D., Grimm, K. J., & Cohen, A. (2021). COVID-19-Related PTSD Symptoms and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms: Moderation by Prior Discrimination and Socioeconomic Status. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

• New papers published!

  • Sasser, J., Lecarie, E. K., Park, H., & Doane, L. D. (2021). Daily family connection and objective sleep in Latinx adolescents: The moderating role of familism values and family connection. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(3), 506-520.

  • Miadich, S. A., Shrewsbury, A. M., Doane, L. D., Davis, M. C., Clifford, S., & Lemery‐Chalfant, K. (2020). Children’s sleep, impulsivity, and anger: shared genetic etiology and implications for developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(10), 1070-1079.

2020

• Congratulations ASAE Lab Graduate Students! 

  • Emma Lecarie was awarded Best Early Career Abstract Award for the ISPNE 2020 Annual Conference for her paper: “Does Stress Predict the Development of Internalizing Symptoms in Middle Childhood? : An Examination of Additive, Interactive, and Mediated Effects of Early and Proximal Parental Stress, Daily Stress, and Physiological Stress”

  • HyeJung Park was named a 2020 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Read her story here.

• The ASAE Lab is Recruiting Undergraduate RAs!

  • The ASAE Lab will begin interviewing applicants for Spring 2021 in October of 2020. Click here to learn more.

• New paper published!

  • Congratulations to ASAE Lab Alumna Reagan Breitenstein for her recently published paper that details major findings from her dissertation:

    • Breitenstein, R.S., Doane, L.D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2020). Children’s objective sleep assessed with wrist-based accelerometers: Strong heritability of objective quantity and quality unique from parent-reported sleep. Sleep, zsaa142.

• Check out this new ASU Now article on one of our newest papers showing that bedtime media use is linked to less sleep in children who struggle to self-regulate behavior.

• Farewell and Congratulations to our Class of 2020 Graduating Seniors!

  • Rachel Brown (B.S. Psychology)

    • After graduating Magna Cum Laude, Rachel will be attending the University of Georgia to begin a doctoral program in Human Development and Family Sciences. She will also be specializing in quantitative methodology.

  • Alex Callanan (B.S. Psychology, B.S. Integrative Health)

    • Upon graduating Magna Cum Laude, Alex plans on either going to Naturopathic Medical school and hopes to implement psychology within her practice or go on to get her master’s degree in either Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy. 

  • Kyra Coe (B.A. Psychology, Minor in Spanish)

    • During her time at ASU, Kyra interned with the Crisis Response Team and was involved in two research labs! Upon graduating Magna Cum Laude, Kyra will be applying to obtain a master’s degree in Forensic Psychology. 

  • Jayline Martin-Gomez (B.A. Global Health)

    • Jayline, a first-generation college student, was a research assistant for two labs in Psychology and SHESC for more than two years! After graduating Magna Cum Laude, Jayline plans to take a gap year working as a research assistant to gain more research experience. In a year, she wants to pursue a master’s degree in Global Health. 

  • Brooke Hayward (B.S. Psychology)

    • Upon graduating Summa Cum Laude, Brooke will be taking a gap year to gain more experience in the field of clinical psychology. She will also be continuing on in the ASAE lab as a volunteer!

  • Sofia Larson (B.A. Psychology, Minor in Family and Human Development)

    • Sofia has received the Transfer Achievement Award, the President's Honors Scholarship, and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honors society! After graduation, she plans on taking a gap year before applying to a masters program. During her gap year, she will prioritize building experiences in the field of psychology, staying involved in research on campus, and specifying the scope for where she sees herself in the field of psychology. She could not be more excited! 

  • Xochitl Arlene Smola (B.S. Psychology, Minor in Statistics)

    • Arlene, a first-generation college student, was selected as one of the Top Three Honor’s Theses and as the Dean’s Medalist for the Department of Psychology! Upon graduating Summa Cum Laude with the prestigious Moeur Award, Arlene will be attending UCLA to obtain a PhD in Developmental Psychology. Her primary mentor will be Andrew Fuligni from the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Psychology.

  • Hanah Weldon (B.A. Psychology)

    • After graduating Magna Cum Laude, Hanah plans to take a gap year to build more experience in the field of clinical psychology before she applies to graduate school. During her gap year, she will be working as a behavioral health technician while continuing to volunteer as a research assistant. 

• Congratulations ASAE Lab Graduate Students! 

  • ASAE Lab Alumna Reagan Breitenstein accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Appalachian State!

  • Emma Lecarie successfully defended her Master’s Thesis on April 8th, 2020, titled “Does Stress Predict the Development of Internalizing Symptoms in Middle Childhood? An Examination of Additive and Interactive Effects of Early, Daily, and Physiological Stress”

  • Mickie Gusman received an honorable mention on her National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship proposal, titled “Early Life Stress and HPA Axis Reactivity: Ethnic racial identity development as a moderator in adolescence” and was featured in this APS news article!

  • Jeri Sasser was awarded the Cialdini Developmental Psychology Early Graduate Career Award!

• The ASAE Lab will be at APS!

  • Sasser, J. & Doane, L.D. Loneliness and Sleep Among Latinx Adolescents Transitioning to College: The moderating role of sex. Poster presented virtually at the 32nd APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

  • Brown, R., Sasser, J., Lecarie, E., & Doane, L.D. Can Parental Support Reduce Loneliness for Latinx College Students? The Moderating Role of Living On-Campus. Poster presented virtually at the 32nd APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

• The ASAE Lab will be at SRA!

  • Sladek, M.R., Doane, L.D., Luecken, L., Gonzales, N.A., & Grimm, K.J. (2020, March). Cultural match or mismatch? Latinx college students’ cortisol an affective responses to psychosocial stress. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

  • Anderson, S.F., Sladek, M.R., & Doane, L.D. (2020, March). Latinx adolescents’ affect reactivity to stress and depressive symptoms across the college transition: Buffering by family support. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

  • Lecarie, E., Sladek, M.R., Gusman, M.S., & Doane, L.D. (2020, March). Academic stress, sleep, and the role of school belonging among latino adolescents. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

  • Smola, X.A., Lecarie, E., & Doane, L.D. (2020, March). Daily frequency and enjoyment of communication with parents and friends and diurnal cortisol patterns among Latino late adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

• New papers in press/published!

  • Anderson, S.A., Sladek, M.R., & Doane, L.D. Negative affect reactivity to stress and internalizing symptoms over the transition to college for Latinx adolescents: Buffering role of family support. In press, Development and Psychopathology.

  • Clifford, S., Doane, L.D., Breitenstein, R.S., Grimm, K.J. & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2020). Effortful control moderates the relation between electronic media use and objective sleep indicators in childhood. Psychological Science, 0956797620919432.

  • Sladek, M.R., Doane, L.D., Luecken, L.J., Gonzales, N.A., & Grimm, K.J. Reducing cultural mismatch: Cultural diversity and inclusion reminder reduces Latino students’ stress responses. In press, Hormones and Behavior.

  • Lemery-Chalfant, K., Oro, V., Rea-Sandin, G., Miadich, S., Lecarie, E., Clifford, S., Doane, L.D., & Davis, M. Arizona Twin Project: Specificity in risk and resilience for developmental psychopathology and health. In press, Twin Research and Human Genetics.

  • Stroud, C.B., Chen, F.R., Curzi, B., Granger, D.A., & Doane, L.D. Overestimating self-blame for stressful life events and adolescents’ latent trait cortisol (LTC): The Moderating role of parental warmth. In press, Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

  • Sladek, M.R., Doane, L.D, & Breitenstein, R.S. Daily rumination about stress, sleep and diurnal cortisol activity. In Press, Cognition and Emotion. 7. Hagan, M.J., Sladek, M.R., Luecken, L.J., & Doane, L.D. (2020). The political is personal: Election-related distress in emerging adults. Journal of American College Health, 68(1), 21-25.

2019

• New papers published!

  • Sladek, M. R., Doane, L. D., Gonzales, N. A., Grimm, K. J., & Luecken, L. J. (2019). Latino adolescents’ cultural values associated with diurnal cortisol activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 109, 104403.

  • Sladek, M. R., Doane, L. D., & Park, H. (2019) Latino adolescents’ daily bicultural stress and sleep: Gender and school context moderation. Health Psychology.

• Welcome to The ASAE Lab graduate students! Excited to have you!

  • Mickie Gusman, Clinical Psychology PhD Program

  • Jeri Sasser, Developmental Psychology PhD Program

• The ASAE Lab will be at SRCD!

  • Miadich, S.A., Breitenstein, R.S., Davis, M.C., Doane, L.D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). Longitudinal associations between sleep and pain experiences among twins in middle childhood. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Breitenstein, R.S., Lecarie, E., & Doane, L.D. (2019, March). Longitudinal associations between weight indicators and academic achievement over the Latino college transitions. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Rea-Sandin, G., Doane, L.D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). The moderation of genetic and environmental influences on executive functioning: The Role of familism values. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Sladek, M.R., Doane, L.D., Gonzales, N.A., Grimm, K.J., & Luecken, L. (2019, March). Latino adolescents’ cultural values moderate cortisol responses to everyday stress. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Oro, V., Doane, L.D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). Emotion expression and the sibling dynamic in twin pairs: The role of early life temperament. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Miadich, S.A., Doane, L.D., Davis, M.C., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March. Early parental positive personality and adversity: Associations with children’s sleep. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Park, H. & Doane, L.D. (2019, March). High school ethnic composition and Latino academic achievement in college: The Role of cultural values. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Breitenstein, R.S., Rea-Sandin, G., Doane, L.D., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March) Associations between effortful control and diurnal cortisol patterns in middle childhood. The Role of socioeconomic status. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Sills, J., Castro, S.A., & Doane, L.D. (2019, March). Perceived discrimination, internalizing symptoms, and academic achievement during the Latino college transition. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Swanson, J., Miadich, S.A., Doane, L.D. & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). Motherchild-sibling effortful control and health outcomes: An Actor-partner-interdependence modeling approach. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Kaur, N., Sawicka, M., Sokol, K., Doane, L.D., Davis, M.C., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). The question of bidirectionality: Linking parenting and problem behaviors in a longitudinal twin design. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

  • Clifford, S., Doane, L.D., Breitenstein, R.S., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2019, March). Effortful control moderates the relation between electronic media use and objective sleep indicators in childhood. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

2018

• Congratulations to Dr. Doane!

  • Nominated for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award at ASU!

  • Invited to speak at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University!

• Congratulations to Dr. Doane as a mentor and HyeJung Park as a mentee

  • Received the William T. Grant Foundation Mentoring Award: Collectively developing mentoring goals, along with two years of research fellowship support for HyeJung. Total direct costs: $60,000!

• The ASAE Lab will be at SRA!

  • Breitenstein, R. S., & Doane, L.D. (2018, April). Associations between sleep and BMI in Latino Adolescents: The moderating role of cultural orientations. Paper presented the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Sladek, M. R., & Doane, L. D. (2018, April). Daily Bicultural Stress and ActigraphMeasured Sleep Among Latino Late Adolescents. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Castro, S., Perez, V. M., Gonzales, N., & Doane, L.D. (2018, April). Momentary stress and sleep in adolescence: Does Social Awareness protect Latinas/os exposed to chronic discrimination from peers at school? Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Dilgert, J.+ , Park, H. & Doane, L. D. (2018, April). The Relationship between biculturalism and mental health outcomes among college-bound Latino adolescents Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Park, H. & Doane, L. D. (2018, April). Parent-child communication and depressive symptoms in adolescence: Does sleep play a role? Poster presentation to be present at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

• The ASAE Lab will be at the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology!

  • Doane, L.D., Sladek, M.R., Breitenstein, R.S., Park, H., Castro, S., & Kennedy, J. (2018, September). Cultural neurobiology and the family: Evidence from the daily lives of Latino adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, Irvine, CA.